What Defines a Casual Player?

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November 30, 2006

Weekly Column by MMORPG's Steve Wilson

In his weekly column MMORPG.com's Steve Wilson takes a look at this hard to define group of gamers.

I consider myself a casual gamer.

The reaction I get is always the same, I can't be one, after all I'm too invested too be a casual gamer. Its true, I visit websites about games, talk about meta gaming, discuss game mechanics, write about games, and play games more than I probably should, yet I still consider myself a casual gamer. So why do I, and other casual hardcore players, define our play style as casual?